8-letter words containing o, p, h, i
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhizopod — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- rose hip — hip2 .
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shopgirl — a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- shopping — a retail store, especially a small one.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- soapfish — any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- sophists — (often initial capital letter) Greek History. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spoffish — officious or bustling
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- thiophen — a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C 4 H 4 S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- thiophil — having an attraction to sulphur
- thiotepa — a drug, C6H12N3PS, used in chemotherapy to destroy cancer or neoplastic cells
- tholepin — thole1
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- trimorph — a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- trip-hop — a type of British electronic dance music of the 1990s, influenced by drug culture
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- trophied — adorned with trophies.
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- whip out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whip-out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whipcord — a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
- whipworm — any of several parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichuris, having a long, slender, whiplike anterior end.
- whitepot — a type of custard or milk pudding traditionally baked in a pot
- wholphin — the hybrid offspring of a whale and a dolphin
- whomping — Present participle of whomp.
- whooping — Present participle of whoop.
- whoopsie — (British, childish) A piece of excrement.
- whopping — very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout.
- wineshop — a shop where wine is sold.
- winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- woodchip — a small chip of wood, especially one that flakes off when felling a tree or splitting a log.
- wordship — Lb rare The state, condition, or status of a word.